UPHD - Survey on Social, Health and Overall wellbeing of older people (50+ years)

KENYA, 2006 - 2010
Population Dynamics and Urbanization in Africa (PDAU)

African Population & Health Research Center,

CSV JSON

Chances of getting High Blood Presure (v1502)

Data file: AllWavesCombined

Overview

vald 1224

invd 4667

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 99

Questions and instructions

Literal question

15.2 Do you think your chances of getting High blood pressure are very high, high, moderate,low or very low?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Very High	3	0.2%
2	High	62	5.1%
3	Moderate	186	15.2%
4	Low	218	17.8%
5	Very low	302	24.7%
6	Already have	135	11%
7	Once a year	0	0%
95	Missing	0	0%
97	Refused	0	0%
98	I Dont Know	318	26%
99	NA	0	0%
Sysmiss		4667

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Question pretext

15.0 PERCEIVED PERSONAL RISK

Question post text

Very high...01;High...02;Moderate...03;Low...04;Very Low...05;Already have Hypertension...06;I dont know...98

Interviewer instructions

CHECK 6.4.4A AND 6.4.2K, IF RESPONSE IS YES CIRCLE 6 AND MOVE TO 15.3, IF BOTH ARE NO ASK; CHOOSE ONLY ONE RESPONSE

Description

Text

Self-rating of likelihood of getting High Blood Pressure

Universe

All DSS Residents 50 years and above